The car society so far, the drive-through fair that can face the deceased over the window is popular

There is CaliforniaA funeralIt is said that "drive-through mourning" in which the deceased person who entered the coffin was displayed in the show window together with the portrait and flowers, and the condolence passenger can face the deceased without getting off the car .

There seems to be some saying that it is "unscrupulous", but in particular when the deceased is a celebrity in the town or friendship is wide, "acquaintance" and "know the deceased unilaterally" The condoled guests of the level such as can also tell a fare without comfort, and there are times when it says that they know that "that person was dying" for the first time seeing from rarity, and attracting attention as a form of a new funeral .

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Los Angeles suburbsComptonFencer "Robert L. Adams Mortuary"


Signs saying "Drive-through mourning: from 6 o'clock to 8 o'clock PM" are issued.


The place where the spirited car stopped ......


It is a drive-through which can pass through to the road behind the Sakai. There is a mourning window on the right hand side of this.


I saw the window from the car. Gods and flowers, photographs of young people, etc. are displayed along with the bodies, so that we can recall and recall the life of the deceased.


You can book while keeping in the car and get respect for the bereaved family. Especially for elderly people who are difficult to get out of the car, disabled people, people who have a sense of resistance to entering the "fair ground", and so on, there are also grandmothers who mourn from outside the window at wheelchairs .


Petty owner Peggy Scott Adams. Adams fairyard opened in 1974 and Peggy who married owner late Robert Lee Adams Sr. in 1988 attracted business after Adams died in 2005.


Adams, who was impressed by seeing the service of "putting a camera in the fence place and relaying in a different place" that was originally done at the funa in the south part of the United States of America "idea of" drive-through " There should be a convenient method suitable for this era. " Peggy seems to be half-trusted at the beginning as "It is grotesque", but when you try it, "It is possible to offer opportunities to parties loved by many people more smoothly to more people," It was popular with bereaved families and mourners, and it was also selected by hope of the principal and the bereaved family, so almost no opposition such as "damaging dignity" came out.

By the way, because we are using bulletproof glass for the show window, at the beginning of the service, when the conflict of the gang was intense, it seems that it was also used frequently for funeral of gang members.


There are a few "drive-through fences" like this in all over the country, at least there are one in Chicago and one in Louisiana, but in Southern California this is the only thing. Of course, you can also choose a funeral at the venue without a show window, and three other "condolence rooms" are prepared in the Adams fair, and you can also make a ceremony with a chapel in the building.


Family bringing out from car and mourning.


You can go inside and face the deceased and you can say goodbye.


It was a woman (86 years old) named Bernice Woods, a former member of the city councilor who was settled in the show window and was receiving a "drive-through mourning", was a popular person who was flashy and conspicuous because he was lively, The bereaved families seem to think that this is the proper way of sending Woods's last. Mr. Woods himself also wanted a funeral at Adams Ranchi from the time he was acquainted with Adams and his wife for many years and said that "Peggy will surely send me the perfect way to send it" about.

A pastor who happened to pass the Adams fair ground and saw the show window saw Peggy, who was a member of the city council, so he saw the dead and said "I hear that ... ...." If you do not have a window He said that if she was placed in the dressing room she could not notice her death.

Did she realize that this woman is also an acquaintance that is being rested ... ...


I entered inside and was sorry for parting.


Peggy Scott Adams, a former Gospel singer who sometimes got nominated for the Grammy awards, is often asked to sing at the funeral from the bereaved families, so it's always fun and free to go for free. "It is a very challenging task to lose a loved one and to be able to help and become a help for those who are in the hardest time," Peggy says.

"The shape of the funeral has been changing year by year. In the old days, the funeral was solemn and gloomy with a dark image filled with sorrow, the colors used in the fair were only dark, but recently it has changed. I think that I can do even for a brilliant event that sends people living a life brightly, "Peggy says. Recently there seems to be an increasing number of bright cars such as spirits and cars and white.